Marco Petoletti

Marco Petoletti is Full Professor of Medieval and Humanistic Latin Literature at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy. He is affiliated with the Department of Medieval, Humanistic and Renaissance Studies and teaches at both the Milan and Brescia campuses. He serves as Director of the journals Italia medioevale e umanistica and Aevum, both ANVUR Band A publications, and holds leadership roles in several national and international academic bodies.

His research focuses on the transmission of classical Latin texts in the Middle Ages, with particular expertise in 14th-century Latin literature, especially the works of Petrarch and Boccaccio. Other key interests include the Descriptio Basilicae Vaticanae by Pietro di Mallio, medieval epistolary culture, Carolingian authors like Theodulf of Orléans and Paschasius Radbertus, medieval epigraphy, and cultural life in medieval Rome.

He has coordinated major research projects funded by the CNR, PRIN, and FIRB, including the Repertorio digitale degli autografi dei letterati italiani and Petrarca on-line. He has been a member of the editorial and scientific boards of prestigious series and institutions such as Corpus Christianorum, the National Edition of Petrarch’s Works, and the celebration committee for Dante’s 700th death anniversary.

He has taught a wide range of courses including Medieval and Humanistic Philology, Medieval Latin Literature, Paleography, and Codicology at the Catholic University and other institutions like the Ambrosiana School and the University for Foreigners of Perugia. He has also conducted academic work at institutions in Leuven, Eichstätt, Dresden, and Munich.

He is a founding member of the Ambrosian Academy of Greek and Latin Studies and the CESBI Center for Benvenuto da Imola studies, and is active in scholarly societies such as SISMEL and SFLI. He has supervised research units and contributed to library and archival work as Head of the Archives and Chapter Library of the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan.